Graduate Certificate of Conflict Management and Resolution

The JCU Graduate Certificate in Conflict Management and Resolution is a unique postgraduate course that will provide you with the skills and knowledge to analyse, manage and resolve conflicts in a range of settings. As a practice-orientated and academically-grounded course, you will have the opportunity to engage with authentic conflict scenarios whilst learning from leading practitioners in the field. Whether your aim is to improve your own conflict skills as an individual or leader, understand how you can support your organisation to be more effective and harmonious or to build a rewarding career in conflict management and resolution, this is the course for you.

In addition to postgraduate courses, JCU also offers a series of Conflict Management and Resolution Professional Development Workshops. These workshops provide you with the opportunity to explore and develop skills in a range of conflict management and resolution topics. Workshops are conveniently held over weekends at our Townsville City Campus and our training is recognised for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points by many organisations and professional associations.

This JCU course offers you the opportunity to advance your career, improve your business, or gain the qualifications to begin a new career in conflict management and resolution. Here are just a few of the areas JCU graduates in Conflict Management and Resolution gain qualifications to work in:

Graduate employment roles in many areas of business and government

Your own business

Leadership roles in health, local government, emergency services, education, construction, logistics, politics, defence, social work and much more, in Australia and around the world

Community development and international peace and security organisations.

This world-class JCU course combines the practical and theoretical providing you the opportunity to develop skills, knowledge and experiences that can be applied immediately to your professional and personal life.

Highlights include:

Become a better leader, manager, team member: Conflict management skills are essential in any position that involves working with and leading people.

Expand your career options: Our program provides a wide variety of career and employment opportunities.

Benefit from flexible study options: You can choose to study online*, on-campus (which involves participation in one or two intensive workshops held over a weekend as well as online lectures and engagement through the study period) or a combination of both.

Engage with realistic and complex conflicts: Our lecturers use realistic and genuine conflict scenarios and cases throughout our subjects to deliver authentic learning experiences that apply to real-world situations. You will have the opportunity learn how to analyse, manage and resolve conflicts in diverse contexts.

Learn from experts in the field: All our workshops are taught by highly experience practitioners who will engage you in practical, skills-based learning to facilitate immediate application of knowledge gained.

Start your journey towards your Masters: Students who complete the Graduate Certificate may be eligible for entry into the Master of Conflict Management and Resolution (MCMR) or joint MCRM/MBA degrees, and may be granted advanced standing for all subjects completed under the Graduate Certificate. Become professionally accredited: Subjects within this course can lead to accreditation as a mediator under the Australian National Mediator Accreditation System and/or accreditation as a REAL Conflict Coach through Conflict Coaching International.

Develop valuable skills you can apply now: In every subject, you will engage in practical, skills-based learning that you can implement immediately in your professional and personal life.

*Due to accreditation requirements there are some subjects that are only available internally (i.e. you must attend the face-to-face workshops), they are:

LB5534 Foundations of Mediation and LB5518 Advanced Mediation – for accreditation as a mediator under the National Mediator Accreditation Scheme.

Through this course you will explore practical conflict management and resolution (CMR) skills that you can apply as a leader in your current role, to further your career or to begin a new career. You will be taught by experts who are leaders in their fields, and may have the opportunity to gain practical experience with local or international organisations through JCU’s extensive industry linkages.

To complete our Graduate Certificate, you are required to complete 4 subjects (12 credit points) which consists of two core subjects and two electives. The core subjects you will study are:

You can then choose two additional CMR elective subjects. For the full list of subjects go to the subjects tab below.

Most CMR subjects can be studied either internally (this involves attending an intensive workshop in Townsville in addition to studying online) or externally (this means all studies will be completed online). Most of our intensive workshops are delivered over a three day period and are conveniently offered across a weekend (Friday to Sunday) to allow students with work and family commitments or travel requirements, to attend. We encourage all students to attend some of the workshops in our program as feedback captured from students suggests that they are an excellent study experience. That said, if you do live far away and cannot manage to travel to Townsville, please be assured that you will be able to complete your Graduate Certificate online and our lecturers work hard to ensure all students feel engaged and part of the CMR program community.

Graduate Certificate of Conflict Management and Resolution

Course code

23411

Course type

Graduate Certificate (AQF Level 8)

Professional Accreditation Status

One subject within this course is accredited by LEADR (or any other Recognised Mediator Accreditation Body) - LB5501 Facilitative Mediation Practice. This subject covers the education and training requirements of the National Mediator Accreditation Standards - to get accredited, students must also pass the competency-based assessment (Mediation Accreditation Workshop, professional development (this is not part of the JCU subject).

One subject is also accredited by Conflict Coaching International - LB5527 Conflict Coaching. This subject covers the education and training requirements for accreditation as a REAL Conflict Coach through Conflict Coaching International. Students also need to complete a portfolio and a video-recorded competency-based assessment (this is not part of the JCU subject).

Division

Tropical Environments and Societies

Award Requirements

Admission Requirements

Course pre-requisites

Completion of an AQF level 7 bachelordegree from this or another university; or

Other qualifications or practical experience recognised by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the Division of Tropical Environments and Societies as equivalent to the above.

Minimum English language proficiency requirements

Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of Band 1 – Schedule II of the JCU Admissions Policy.

Academic Requirements for Course Completion

Credit points

12 credit points as per course structure

Course learning outcomes

JCU graduates are committed to lifelong learning, intellectual development, and to the display of exemplary personal, professional and ethical standards. They have a sense of their place in the tropics and are charged with professional, community, and environmental responsibility. JCU graduates appreciate the need to embrace and be acquainted with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia. They are committed to reconciliation, diversity and sustainability. They exhibit a willingness to lead and to contribute to the intellectual, environmental, cultural, economic and social challenges of regional, national, and international communities of the tropics.

On successful completion of the Graduate Certificate of Conflict Management and Resolution, JCU graduates will be able to:

Synthesize a range of complex conflict and related theories and standards for professional practice in conflict management and resolution

Campus

Some subjects can be taken in either external mode or limited contact mode at either the Townsville City or Cairns City Campus

Candidature

Expected time to complete

1 year part-time

Maximum time to complete

3 years

Maximum leave of absence

1 year

Progression

Course progression requisites

Nil

Course includes mandatory professional placement(s)

No

Special assessment requirements

Nil

Professional accreditation requirements

Nil

Maximum allowed Pass Conceded (PC) grade

Nil

Supplementary exam for final subject

A student who has failed a single subject towards the award in their final teaching period and who gained 40% or more of the marks for that subject, may be granted a supplementary examination in that subject. However if that subject is required for accreditation, then the criteria specified by that accreditation will apply.

Advanced standing will be granted only for studies completed in the 10 years prior to the commencement of this course.

Expiry

Advanced standing gained for any subject shall be cancelled 13 years after the date of the examination upon which the advanced standing is based if, by then, the student has not completed the course.

Other restrictions

Advanced standing will not be granted for undergraduate studies or for work experience that is used to gain admission to the course.

Award Details

Award title

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE OF CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION

Approved abbreviation

GCertConflMgtResol

Inclusion of majors on testamur

Not applicable - this course does not have majors

Exit with lesser award

Not applicable

Course articulation

Students who complete the Graduate Certificate of Conflict Management and Resolution may be eligible for entry to the Master of Conflict Management and Resolution, and may be granted advanced standing for all subjects completed under the Graduate Certificate.

This website is intended as general guide. Prospective students should contact the university to confirm admission requirements and the availability of courses. James Cook University reserves the right to alter any course or admission requirement without prior notice.

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